Jainendra Kumar

Jainendra Kumar  was an influential Hindi writer of 20th century. He explored the human psyche in novels such as Sunita and Tyagapatra. He was awarded one of India's highest civil honours Padma Bhushan in 1971. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1966, for his work Muktibodh (Novelette), and its highest award, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1979.

Jainendra Kumar was born as Anandi Lal on 2 January 1905, in Kodiyaganj, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. He was closely involved in the Indian Freedom Struggle. Along with Munshi Premchand, he established the Hindustani Sabhaa in Lahore where Dr. Zakir Hussain and Josh Malihabadi were some of the noted members.

After the death of Premchand, he became the editor of Hans. He was closely associated with the luminaries of Indian Freedom Struggle like Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave, Rabindranath Tagore and others. He died on 24 December 1988.